Hakata Isoragi
Hakata Isoragi Seafood Donburi Restaurant by Hiroaki Iwasa is a winner of the 2026 Iron A' Design Award in Interior Space and Exhibition Design.
Hakata Isoragi is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations.
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The project is located in the Hakata terminal building, a historic gateway for international exchange and a major multimodal hub. The spatial composition centers on serving local seafood in Donburi as a medium to communicate the city's cultural context. Traditional crafts, materials, and artisanal techniques are deliberately integrated with lighting as parallel elements, forming a framework of depth and calmness. Shadow reveals material depth. The design articulates the relationship between space and food, redefining everyday dining as a cultural interface grounded in Japanese sensibility.
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Hakata Isoragi by Hiroaki Iwasa
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Seafood Donburi Restaurant
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Interior Space and Exhibition Design Award Winner in 2026.
Iron Winner
Hakata Isoragi Seafood Donburi Restaurant
Hakata Isoragi is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. Hakata Isoragi is expected to be a highly-regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. Hakata Isoragi is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Winner Designer
Hiroaki Iwasa
Hiroaki Iwasa is a holistic architect with a 30-year career designing a variety of projects, from architecture to products to landscapes.
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Isoragi
Hakata Isoragi is a seafood donburi and ochazuke restaurant operated by Tokusui Co., Ltd., a long-established seafood company founded in 1924. Using fresh local ingredients from across Kyushu, its seafood is sourced through Tokusui’s trusted distribution network. The space incorporates regional traditional crafts such as Arita ware and Hakata textiles, while an adjacent retail area offers original tableware and Isoragi’s own processed foods inspired by local ingredients.
Winner Brand
Hiroaki Iwasa Architects Workshop
Hiroaki Iwasa Architects Workshop is an architectural design office founded in Tokyo in 1998 by Hiroaki Iwasa with the aim of providing people with a better future.
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